Over at Amazon, they’ve got the Streamlight Stylus Pro LED flashlight on sale for just $14.03 – about a dollar off the recent deal we found on their silver-bodied flashlight.
See Also: Big Savings on Streamlight LED Flashlights – no, Really!
At the time of that posting 4 days ago, this blue-finish Stylus Pro flashlight was $18. Now, it’s $4 less. The silver-finish flashlight went up in price, to $16.95.
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Here’s why you want this flashlight:
- It’s compact and pocket-friendly
- Plenty bright at 100 lumens
- Machined aluminum body with anodized finish
- AAA batteries are widely available
- I prefer rechargeable Eneloops and Energizer Lithium
- Streamlight has a reputation for excellent customer support
- Strong, durable, and reliable
- IPX4 water resistance and 2 meter impact resistance
- Blue color
Here’s why you might not want this flashlight:
- Tailcap switch can be a little stiff (but it helps to prevent accidental activation)
- You’d prefer blindingly-bright 10,000 lumens
- You prefer a larger flashlight with Li-ion rechargeable cells
The Stylus Pro is an excellent LED flashlight.
I have a couple, and continue to use them. I would absolutely buy them again.
Sale Price: $14.03
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I was a little hesitant a couple of years ago, after the packaging started including a Prop 65 warning, but then I started seeing the same warning on many more flashlights and hand tools, presumably linked to either the polycarbonate lens, aluminum alloy, or rubber seals or switch cover. I decided that as long as I don’t stick the flashlight in my mouth every day, there’s nothing to worry about. You really don’t want to stick a metal flashlight in your mouth anyway.
Oh, you want a penlight-style LED flashlight you can bite on? I still wouldn’t recommend it – get a headlamp – but Home Depot has a Milwaukee penlight 2-pack promo for $30, and they come with a rubber “bite zone.”
I’ve bought this deal in the past as well. They’re great flashlights, but I tend to prefer the smaller feel of the Stylus Pro. It’s hard to beat the Milwaukee value though. With this promo pack, the lights are $15 each without having to scramble to buy the Streamlight promo on Amazon before it sells out or settle on whatever single color they pick to be on sale.
If the Streamlight Stylus Pro goes back to its typical price of around $20, you can stull buy this Milwaukee 2-pack and either equipping a backup with lithium cells, or splitting the cost with a buddy.
Promo: $29.88 with free shipping no minimum
JoeM
STREAMLIGHT FLASHLIGHT!!!
Dangit, Stuart, I owe you a hug or something… When Blackrock Tools here in Canada closed down, I had one on my wishlist. You just reminded me to go add one to Atlas or Amazon for my EDC.
You need a tip jar or something. Or I need a rant jar. Every time I go off-topic, I gotta deposit money in ToolGuyd for something.
Thanks man! You rock!
Stuart
You’re welcome!
Honestly, while it would be relatively easy to add a PayPal “donations” button or Patreon, it doesn’t seem *right* to me.
One time a long time ago I had a few ideas for fundraiser purchase options, but I never followed through.
Instead of a tip jar contribution, I would be grateful for any amount that is instead made to Toys for Tots (USA and Canada have separate programs), or a food bank organization.
If you insist, and you’re into lotto, throw an extra buck in every now and then on my/ToolGuyd’s behalf. =) If you win, then I’ll definitely open up a tip jar!
fred
Amen to that.
It is appropriate that we have a national holiday for Thanksgiving.
Despite all our faults, transgressions, troubles and tribulations – individually or as a nation – it is good to remember that we are blessed. And if you are personally well off, it is also good to remember that many in the world are not as fortunate. So pass some of your good fortune on to others.
JoeM
In Canada it’s back in October. During this Covid situation, perhaps what we need here in North America is a Thanksgiving-To-Thanksgiving “Thankful For” drive for 2020?
The Toys-For-Tots drive doesn’t start until December up here, and the one MAJOR day both nations have in common is November 11th. We call it different things, but it is for the same reason. We don’t want to step on THAT reason’s toes, so… I’m thinking maybe what we need here on ToolGuyd, as a suggestion, is a “Thankful For” post/thread/something that gets visited every year from the first Monday in October to the… Second? Thursday in November? The US Thanksgiving.
Maybe that’s our time, and way, to say a GIANT Thank you to Stuart, Benjamen, and the rest of the ToolGuyd contributing staff, by posting what we’re thankful to them for, and what we donated/where in their name?
I’M certainly thankful for the reminders Stuart gives me. The Streamlight? Pretty key example! He does it all the time! I don’t mean when he teases me with Pentel GraphGear, or Fountain Pen stuff… I mean when he reminds me “Oh Yeah! I was going to buy one of those!” situations. I’m genuinely thankful for it.
Stuart
Toys for Tots, at least here, accepts monetary donations all the time. They recently kicked off fundraising efforts for the 2020 holiday shopping season, but as far as I am aware, they always accept funds.
Jim
Good old California Prop 65 warning label. They are on everything, including my wife’s car !
Tom D
It might be worthwhile mentioning in the title that there’s another related deal – those Milwaukee look nice but I would not have seen them without getting bored and reading the post (for what I thought was unrelated).
Stuart
Thanks! Good point. The Milwaukee mention was more of a side note, but you’re right, it deserves its own post. That seemed easier than to write this post to feature both equally.